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Contents
Tutorial: Working In-Context ...........................................................................................566
Tutorial: Working with a Layout .......................................................................................573
Summary ..........................................................................................................................578Part IV: Creating and Using Libraries 579
Chapter 17: Using Hole Wizard and Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Using the Hole Wizard ......................................................................................................581
Anatomy of a Hole Wizard hole ..............................................................................582
Placement sketch ...........................................................................................583
Hole sketch ...................................................................................................583
2D versus 3D placement sketches ...........................................................................583
Advantages and limitations of the 2D sketch .................................................584
Advantages and limitations of the 3D sketch .................................................584
Making and using Favorites .....................................................................................587
Creating a Hole Wizard Favorite....................................................................588
Storing custom holes .....................................................................................588
Administering Hole Wizard Favorites ............................................................588
Favorites quirks .............................................................................................589
Using the Hole Series ..............................................................................................589
Hole Series interface ......................................................................................589
Basic Hole Series steps ...................................................................................589
Hole Series quirks .........................................................................................591
Understanding Toolbox ....................................................................................................592
How Toolbox works ................................................................................................593
The database .................................................................................................593
The Configurator application .........................................................................594
Toolbox organization .....................................................................................596
Configurations or parts? ................................................................................597
Which is better? ............................................................................................598
Using Toolbox .........................................................................................................599
Turning on Toolbox and the Toolbox Browser .............................................600
Populating holes ............................................................................................600
Smart Fasteners .............................................................................................602
Organizing Toolbox parts in an assembly ................................................................604
Recommendations ...................................................................................................604
The simplest setup that works .......................................................................605
A complete setup that works .........................................................................605
Tutorial: Gaining Experience with the Hole Wizard and Toolbox .....................................606
Summary ..........................................................................................................................614